Be Your Own Adviser
Deep down within all of us is a fount of wisdom. This is called
intuition. Listening to your intuition is a slow-learned process.
It starts by recognizing that tiny inner voice or feeling that will
tell you when you’ve done something you shouldn’t have. It’s
an incredibly still, quiet voice and needs silence and concen-
tration to hear it properly to begin with.
Yo u m i g h t l i k e t o c a l l i t y o u r c o n s c i e n c e i f y o u l i k e , b u t d e e p
down you know when you’ve done something bad. You know
when you’ve got to apologize, make amends, put things right.
Yo u k n o w. A n d I k n o w y o u k n o w. I k n o w b e c a u s e w e a l l
know. There’s no getting away from it.
Once you start listening to that inner voice or feeling the feel-
ing, you’ll find it can help. It will become more than a
mindless parrot perched on your shoulder, chanting, “You
messed up again” after the event. The key is when you hear
your intuition telling you whether something is the right thing
to do or not—before you do it.
Tr y r u n n i n g s t u f f p a s t y o u r i n n e r y o u before doing things and
see what reaction you get. Once you get used to this, you’ll
find it easier. Imagine, in any situation, that you have a small
child standing at your side and you have to explain things to
them. Imagine that she asks questions—”Why are you doing
that? What’s right and wrong? Should we do this?”—and you
have to answer. Only in this situation, you ask the questions
and you answer yourself. And you’ll find you already know
everything there is to know and everything you’ll ever need to
know.